Posts Tagged ‘crystal beads’
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
Glitter spoiler — don your sunglasses before you scroll down!
Santa lampwork + pearl
Do you ever phone Rings & Things? If not yet, you should, to enjoy some truly kind customer service. If you have, you know we have a mighty creative bunch working here.
Today they had a Sales department holiday party. Their tiny, tinsely Xmas tree was adorned with handmade ornaments.
Above: Lampwork Santa, freshwater pearl, copper wire wrapping, and leather cord. Below: Chain, wire, crystal bicone beads, brass star charm, and mother of pearl rectangle ring bead.
Star charm + mother of pearl link
Below: Copper wire, lampwork snowman and gunmetal link, filigree, chain and filigree bead.
Lampwork snowman
Share your holiday ornament ideas below!
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
In which we yank the shroud aside…
Introducing “Search by Color” for crystal beads in our CRYSTALLIZED™ -
Swarovski Elements section! Thanks to Melissa for a ton of hard work to make this happen. (Maybe I should say a gross of hard work…uh…)
Now you’re just a click away from seeing every single crystal bead color that we have, laid out in an attractive table. As you can see, similar colors are grouped together — which makes it easy to build on a color theme, or find a substitute for a color you can’t get.
Let us know how you use “searching by color” in your crystal shopping…
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Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
The Featured Bead this time is actually a whole series of beads — one that you probably need to know about!
Coming soon: new #5328 Xilion cut bicone beads from CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements! You may ask, “Dave, why exactly is this important?” The reason is that this bead is replacing one of the most popular beads in the world, the #5301 faceted bicone.
The #5301s from CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements are being phased out by Swarovski, and replaced with Xilion cut #5328 bicones. Swarovski plans to start shipping #5328s in June, and have a full transition before the end of the year. This new cut is unique to Swarovski (preventing unauthorized imitations), and provides a new, higher degree of brilliant shine. Here is one more view, in “line art” provided by the manufacturer:
So if you’re a fan of #5301s, now is the time to stock up. They’ll be collector’s items soon! The most popular colors and sizes of #5301 bicone beads are available at low factory-pack prices when you buy in large quantities. For information on coatings and finishes, see our free online glossary of crystal coatings & effects.
May giveaway:
* You enter by leaving comments this month
* At the end of May, 2 winners will receive coveted Rings & Things goodie packs!
*So read the blog regularly, to enter a lot & to see if you won!
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
FYI: you’re probably used to seeing the Swarovski® name whenever crystal beads are mentioned.
The Swarovski company has changed the brand name of all its crystal beads. This is why you’re suddenly seeing this next to (I’m making like a bead maker, and rounding) several hundred items in Rings & Things’ store:
CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements
A really good discussion over at Hands That Create made us realize that people have wondered about this different labeling. So, a few quick pointers:
- NO, this is not a new product
- NO, this is not a new crystal process
- NO, this is not a new coating
- YES, these are the same old Swarovski crystals!
- YES, this is just a new name
For bringing this up, thanks to cmydesigns, zettarose, bronzebullet, and noodles at Hands That Create!
Questions or comments about our crystals, beads, or findings? Leave a reply below!
April giveaway: “DIY Display Ideas”:
* You enter by leaving comments under the March 31 giveaway announcement
* At the end of April, 2 winners will receive coveted Rings & Things goodie packs!
*So read the blog regularly to see if you won!
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
The December 2008 issue of Simply Beads magazine has hit the news stands, and Rings & Things’s designs are featured in it! Check out our latest inspirations for neckwear in a two-page R&T-sponsored design spread called “Great Lengths“. The four featured designs in the article are these:
- “The Asphalt Jungle” (yes, you’ve seen that before–it’s also been in our Fall 2008 supplement)
Our Great Lengths web page, and the individual Designer Tip Sheets for these projects, all link directly to the products in our online store that each uses. So it just takes a click to go from admiring to ordering…and on to creating!
Aside from the Great Lengths article, Rings & Things is credited as the source of parts in another 4 projects in the same issue:
To see Rings & Things featured in other issues, you can visit our site’s Simply Beads page.
Even more media sightings of R&T can be found in our “Saw us in a Publication?” page. It’s a great way to track down exactly which Rings & Things stock those published designers are using, so you can re-create that look!
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